of its colour.” Mr. Jardine observes that as 
voi are ass trees of es sort at Т, Кылы 
bee make cross 
pollina 
essful c abso! КОШУ wikio, ite any а xpo tion? 
artificial oak Е а , Gunnersbury Park Gardens , by my list "eroe e ina к In ыды bug 
sert les I omitted 
Mr. Geo. Reyn I recertly inspected two Be auty EY T rinm which is really gs good October 
vineries "hero, s yo t Madrestield Court, variety. am not quite certain of the origin 
and the other Muscat of Alexandria v of this Кы, of Blenheim Pippin, but think it 
Better or heavier crops could not possibly he was raised in a gar e near Southampton. In 
ired. n the former, ‘both bunches and appe ce it E quite like Blenheim Pippin, 
berries were fine and the finish and flavour were hs lacks the fine no of that variety. In 
excellent. In the second vinery the ches of te’ of Beauty of Hants is worth 
M Alex la were just putting o 
sh so ch desired by Muscat gro Ien 04, а METUS e 
qualities of this variety were p 
and with the recent sunny weather the bunches 
should be well = d by now. These vineries 
are of three-quarter span formation and the space 
- above the trellis is more than usually allowed ; | 
|. the border is entirely inside. s ints are all | 
in favour *cool" treatment. e success 
een mos | 
Reynolds is to ibe congratulated проп his 
s r 
. mirable management. At the Knap Hill 
_ Nurseries, Woking, Mr. Anthon ny Waterer has 
_ ап old vinery in which a large crop of somewhat 
- small, but hi БУ. finished, bunches Black 
Hambu rgh Grape is produced annually. There 
у one fine, S and this is of considerabl 
Уд бесе ows this vinery his friends 
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October Dessert Apples. —Mr. Molyneux (see 
p- 206) is right uem h ood 
1 a 
: н Apples for October is Mie ck n 
о somewhat by planting appre- | 
rieties in col rts of th 
dditional October varieties аге 
TT ol 
$ "ne 
onth. 1 өгү m and 
g always li a Tooker. it has 
hot gained popularity as a table Apple. Those 
have not sampled Potts’s Seedling as a 
ert fruit should do во. At] three of the 
mentioned by Mr. Jardine can 
ll October sorts, viz., Calville 
, Calville Blanche an Iden 
Th latter are ce 1 ter 
le of November onwa: By the 
rds. 
name of the Calville Roues 
e is, ee - BER Bunyard, Reinette 
обе. €. 
Ё —Mr. E. Mol olyneux's к to your 
. journal are invariably interesting, but is he not 
mistaken im descri scribing Miller’ 8 Seedling as’ “а 
Apple?” (Gard. Chron О Oct. 18, 
. Tt has been known in Berkshire for at 
least twenty years. I can confirm Mr. Molyneux’s 
шоп x its merits as a 12 year old pyramid 
den 
prodig i ly every 
we This is the im fault I can find 
; and I should be gla ; : Y d а 
1 Y. Thinning the fruit has, 
Proved ineffective. W. J. Ta E Rederoft 
татил Road, Reading. 
will 
agree with ate Jardine 
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three children. The secretary and president of 
Hd: British Gardeners’ Association are known 
men, hi 
a „рег The eng: 
under is нат а business of the head 
man, jy fie would be a numskull vie he to 
s he names p. 21 
desirable for dessert use disini ber 
at is September B auty? I cann any - 
erence to it in an ritative book Fruits 
me are identical with Miller's Seedling Fre. 111.—ТнЕ YELLOW shir ING MOTH : TRIPHAENA PRONURA 
eve introduced : rely (See p. 940.) pi 
е Boskoop is not an October Apple; here 
Ot fit to use until February. Wealthy growing, as it crops regularly as а rule, suggest such payment emer he 
d на ps way oes V a Кеа E. Molyneux. н із roportionately paid. If the rience 
E. i g шун Apple, ап valville Gardeners’ Wages.—Most head ¢ etur wil, ^ and physical needs of a single man of 20v Sidi are 
P ruit requiring a wall on think, эйе with An Employer and А Nur- to be Bam кае t £3 per week, surely in the 
ripen its fruit in England Ross — seryman & the scale of wages de up by name of fai ature exp erience and 
assed i Messrs сар d's Шу the Bri tish [; кәр 4 tion is quite out ds of a head yf orcas wife am family— 
: we ex ife t T : oe side all reason. Its compilation sho a lack chin be rated more than 12s 6d. igher. 
dE а y, and Warder’s Golden f e of values, both the living ge have real sympathy with the desire to raise the 
no 7 SEN to in any public andpoint and from the view-point of practical wages of every class of our profession, but not in 
{же а ardine ы І give i теп experience, Young men years are scal во one-sided a manner as outlined ‘by th nt 
i жатгы desirable. Calville Rouge аф per week, while a fully experienced head е a Lu ue B.G. ty will, 
гб ibed іп Zogg's Fruit Manual gardener is kindly allotted ‘an extra 6d. z Bee sure, withdraw the wage scale 
S ;— zr very ornamental. ane .. only, this little I take it, being the amount 
generously allowed for a wife and, say, two or 
ently hear d ss einer it on a more 
«тае basis, C. T. 
